Photos by Charlie Heidecker

2005 POWA Award Winners

All winners were asked to provide electronic copies of their winning photographs and/or writing, and all that we've received are posted here. Congratulations winners, and thank you for sharing.

Where available, we've also included links to the sponsors' and publications' Web sites. POWA appreciates your support.

Charlie Burchfield, Youth & The Hunting/Shooting Sports Award,
sponsored by National Shooting Sports Foundation,
“Gray Squirrels and Big Game Hunting Go Hand in Hand,”
Cameron County Echo

Chris Denmon, Best Magazine Column,
sponsored by Coleman Company,
“Fanatic Talk,”
Whitetail Fanatic

Will Elliott, Sportsmen with Disabilities,
sponsored by Pa. Sportsmen for the Disabled,
“Incentives Keep Marshall on the Road to Recovery,”
Buffalo News

Tom Fegely, Whitetail Management Award,
sponsored by Trupe’s Quality Hunting and Wildlife Management,
“Doe Hunting: Old Traditions Die Hard,”
Whitetail News

Don Feigert, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership,
sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership,
“A Reminder to the Public: Treasure the Hemlock While You May,”
The (Sharon) Herald

Tim Flanigan, Wild Turkey Award,
sponsored by Pennsylvania Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation,
“Westylvania’s Feathered Heritage,”
Westylvania Magazine

Tim Flanigan, Best Magazine Feature,
sponsored by Pure Fishing,
“Miniguns,”
Upland Almanac, Winter 2004

Charlie Heidecker, Best Published Color Photo,
sponsored by Nikon, Inc.,
coyotes howling (pictured above),
Pa. Game News

Ralph Martone, Best Newspaper Column,
sponsored by Winchester/Olin Corporation,
“Fathers Provide Key Lessons in Outdoors, Life,”
New Castle News

Charles Meck, Best Book Award,
sponsored by Walker’s Game Ear,
“Memory Rising”

Gerald Putt, Best Published Black-and-White Art Award,
sponsored by Bluff Creek Productions (Greater Philadelphia Sport, Travel and Outdoor Show),
box turtles (pictured above),
Pa. Game News, April 2004

Gerald Putt, Best Published Color Art Award,
sponsored by GATCO Sharpeners/Timberline Knives,
“Woodcock Twosome” (pictured above),
Pa. Game News, November 2003

Gerald Putt, Fine Art Fishing Award,
sponsored by Daiwa Corporation,
trout, Rainbow Trout at Lehigh Falls (pictured above)

Gerald Putt, Wildlife Art Award,
sponsored by Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art,
grouse, Anticipation (pictured above)

Gregg Rinkus, Trout and Coldwater Fisheries Award,
sponsored by Pennsylvania Trout,
“The Clarion River Comeback,”
Pennsylvania Reader

Bob Sopchick, Pa. Deer Award,
sponsored by Pennsylvania Deer Association,
“The Reenactor,”
Pa. Game News

David Thompson, Pa. Trappers Award,
sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trappers Association,
“Bobcat Comeback,”
Fur-Fish-Game

Alex Zidock, Best Published Black-and-White Photo,
sponsored by Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs,
whitetail fawn (pictured above),
Journal of the Pocono Plateau

None awarded,
Youth Fishing Award,
sponsored by Expositions, Inc.